Could you live with a tribe for four months? This Papua New Guinea tribe is looking for volunteers

For those fed up of the daily grind, there might finally be a solution.

The Mailulu tribe in Papua New Guinea is looking for 10 volunteers to join them for four months – helping build new bamboo homes, build compost loos, picking coconuts, fishing in dugout canoes and helping out in the outdoor kitchens.

Volunteers will find themselves shipped off to the tropical island Gonubalabala – where the only electricity is generated from the sun and drinking water harvested when it rains.

Specifically they are looking for teachers, doctors, electricians, musicians, cooks and permaculturist farmers.

Of course you’ll also get some down time to explore some of the nearby islands, sunbath in hammocks and swim with manta rays on the coral reef on the island in the Samarai archipelago.

(Picture: Tribewanted)

(Picture: Tribewanted)

The tribe has partnered with Tribewanted to find the volunteers, who will arrive between September 2016 and January 2017 (the dry season).

Filippo Bozotti, co-founder of Tribewanted, says the village will be a culture shock – but the experience is well worth it.

(Picture: Tribewanted)

This is where the island is (Picture: Google map)

‘So many people living in the west spend their time keeping their heads down day in and day out, hunched over desks and electronic screens all day; secretly wondering if there is more to life. There is – and now we are offering another chance to see it, breathe it and live it.

‘Life as part of an island tribe packs a huge culture shock and it’s quite a leap, but we know there are people out there who are all too ready for it and have been waiting for an opportunity like this for a long time.

(Picture: Tribewanted)

(Picture: Tribewanted)

‘Gonubalabala is an awesome place and the Mailulu people are some of the kindest, strongest and wisest the world has to offer; now is the time to have the experiences you dream about.’

Anyone wanting to join must apply via the Tribeswanted.comwebsite – and if successful volunteers must pay costs of $1,200 per month.